The Worlds Between Covers

Think back to the last time you walked into a bookshop. You walk through those doors and almost immediately the warm smell of new books and wood greets you. You stroll in and walk to your favorite section and run your finger along the spines of the neatly aligned books, each one whispering read me, each one pulls you with invisible fingers, gently caressing your mind with the wonders they contain. You then pass by some books that you've already read and it looks at you with friendly eyes as it catches your attention. Though you have already read it, you are fond of its contents. You open the book and are immediately immersed back into the world it contains. As you sift through your favorite parts you can't help but sigh in contentment at what you've experienced. You gently place the book back on the shelf and continue your stroll, but the book still lingers in the back of your mind. 
This, my friends, is how books feel to me. This is my experience at a bookstore. Since I love to read a lot, and I buy more books than I can read at a given time, my room was crowded with them. A little too crowded for my own comfort, so I bought a bookshelf to put in a corner of my bedroom; a place where I can experience the magic of my books anytime I want to. Just passing by it, I can hear the whispering of the hundred tales I own and it truly is magical.
Here's the stockpile before putting it on the shelf  (well, the ones that were in my way anyway, the rest were in the storage area): End result!
*Just in case any of you were wondering, yes that is Sigmund Freud sitting on the fourth shelf and on top of one of the piles of books. He's staring at the psychology books that I own, and in the top picture he's sitting on top of them. Just a little fyi. :-)
**The whitish wood you see is my temporary headboard, hence its lack of not matching with my shelf. Just saying.